CURRICULUM
VITAE
Robert S. Pashman, MD
444 S. San Vicente Blvd,
Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: 310-423-9983 FAX: 310-423-9963
Email: espine1@aol.com
Website: www.eSpine.com
www.NeckPainExplained.com
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| EDUCATION: |
| Undergraduate: |
Bachelor of the Arts
in History/Biology, 1975-1979
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Medical School: |
Doctor of Medicine,
1979-1983
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey Medical School Newark, New Jersey
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| POST
GRADUATE TRAINING: |
| Internship: |
Residency, General Surgery, 1983-1986
Kaiser, San Francisco San Francisco, California
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| Residency: |
San Francisco Orthopaedic,
1986-1990
Residency Training Program St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, California
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| Biomechanics Research: |
University of Minnesota, 1990-1991
John Moe Fellowship Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| Clinical Instructor: |
Spine Disorders Service, 1991-1992
University of California, San Francisco
David S. Bradford, MD Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopaedics
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| APPOINTMENTS: |
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Co-Director, Spine Fellowship
Cedars Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders
Los Angeles, California
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2005 -2008 |
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Director of Scoliosis and Spinal
Deformity
Cedars Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders
Los Angeles, California
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1999 -2008 |
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Attending Orthopedic Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
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1992-
1998 |
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Attending Orthopedic Surgeon
Century City Hospital
Los Angeles, California
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1992-
Present |
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Attending Physician
Cedars Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders
Los Angeles, California
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1992-1998
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Clinical Instructor, Spine Disorders
Service
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
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1991-1992
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Courtesy Staff
St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
Billings, Montana
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1991
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Courtesy Staff Deaconess Hospital
Billings, Montana
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1991
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| CLINICAL
INVESTIGATION PROTOCOLS: |
Principal Clinical Investigator: Etiology
of Idiopathic Scoliosis Cerebral Spinal Flow on the Concavity
and Convexity of the Apex in Idiopathic Scoliosis, Awarded
Foundation Yves Cotrel
Grant by the Institut de France 2004-2005, $120,000.00, November
2004 to present.
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Co-Investigator: Pivotal IDE study of the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis
in the Treatment of Degenerative Disc, Medtronics Inc, Memphis, TN,
2002-2006.
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Principal Clinical Investigator: Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic
Protein-2 and Absorbable Collagen Sponge with Novus LC Device: A Pilot
Prospective, Controlled clinical investigation under the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, Medtronics, Memphis, TN, March 1999 to present.
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Principal Clinical Investigator: Threaded Interbody Fusion Device:
A Prospective, Controlled clinical investigation under the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, Medtronics, Memphis, TN, July 1995 to present.
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Principal Clinical Investigator: Tapered Interbody Fusion Device through
a laproscopic approach: A Prospective, Controlled clinical investigation
under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Medtronics, Memphis, TN, June
1997 to present.
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| HONORS: |
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Cum Laude, University of Pennsylvania
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1979
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| PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS: |
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Diplomat, American Academy of
Orthopaedic Surgeons |
1991 |
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Fellow, Scoliosis Research Society |
1993 |
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California Orthopaedic Society,
Member |
1993 |
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California Medical Association,
Member |
1993 |
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Los Angeles Medical Association,
Member |
1993 |
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North American Spine Society,
Member |
1995 |
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Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic
Surgeons |
1996 |
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Associate Member, Spinal Deformity
Study Group |
2006 |
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| LICENSES
AND CERTIFICATIONS: |
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Board Certified
Diplomat, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
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1994-July |
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California Medical License, G-54020
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1992-Current |
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Drug Enforcement Agency |
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Minnesota Medical License, 34338 |
1991-Expired |
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Montana Medical License, 6783 |
1991-Expired
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| ADVISORY
BOARDS : |
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Scoliosis Association,
Inc Professional Advisory Board
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1999
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PUBLICATIONS: |
1. Wood K, Schendel M,
Butterman G, Lewis J, Bradford D: In
Vivo Analysis Of Canine Intervertebral And Facet Motion. Orthop
Trans 15:381, 1991. 
2. Hu SS, Pashman RS: Spinal
Instrumentation Evolution and State of the Art. Investigative
Radiology 27(8):632-647, August 1992. 
3. Butterman GR, Schendel MJ, Lewis JL, Bradford
DS: Analysis Of In Vivo
Canine Lumbar Spine Facet Loads. Orthop Trans 15:324, 1991
4. Pashman RS, Hu SS, Bradford DS, Schendel
M: Sacral Fixation in Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Biomechanical
Study. Orthop Trans 16:145, 1992.
5.Wood KB, Schendel MJ, Pashman RS, Butterman
G, Lewis JL: In Vivo Analysis
of Canine Intervertebral and Facet Motion. Spine 17(10):1180-1186,
October 1992.
6. JU Yoo, D Zou, WT Edwards, J Bayley, HA Yuan: Effect
of cervical spine motion on the neuroforaminal dimensions of human cervical
spine . Spine 17(10) : 1131-6, Oct. 1992 (cited)
7. Schendel MJ, Dekutoski MB , Pashman RS, House R,
Lewis JL, Wood KB, Ogilvie JW: The Effect of Surgical Artifact on Canine
In-Vivo Intervertebral Motion. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Advances in Bioengineering ASME 1992, BED -Volume 22, PP179-181
8. Schendel MJ, Dekutoski MB, Pashman RS,
House R, Lewis JL, Wood KB, Ogilvie JW: The
Effect of Surgical Artifact on Canine In-Vivo Intervertebral
Motion. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Advances
in Bioengineering ASME 1992, BED-Volume 22, PP179-181. 
9. Dekutoski MB, Schendel MJ, Wood KB, Pashman RS, Ogilvie JW,
Lewis JL: In Vivo Intervertebral Motion Measurement: The Effect of Surgical
Exposure and Gait Speed. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, July 1993.
10. Pashman RS, Hu SS, Schendel MJ, Bradford
DS: Sacral
Screw Loads in Lumbosacral Fixation for Spinal Deformity.
Spine 18(16): 2465-2470, December 1993. 
11. Cervical
spine surgery in rheumatoid arthritis: improvement of neurologic
deficit after cervical spine fusion. Peppelman WC, Kraus
DR, Donaldson WF 3rd, Agarwal A. Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery, St. Margaret Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Spine 18(16): 2375-9, December 1993. (cited)
12. Dekutoski MB, Schendel MJ, Ogilvie JW, Olsewski, Pashman
RS, Wallace JM, Lewis LJ: Comparison
of In Vivo and In Vitro Adjacent Segment Motion After Lumbar
Fusion. Spine 19 (15): 1745-1751, 1994. 
13. Dekutoski MB, Schendel MJ, Ogilvie JW, Pashman
RS, Wood KB, Lewis JL: An
Improved Technique for Measuring In Vivo Intervertebral Motion
in the Canine. Spine 19 (23):2672-2675, March 1994.
14. Mink JH, Deutsch AL, Goldstein TB, Bray RS, Pashman
RS, Armstrong IT, Sinel MS, Gart A: Spinal imaging and
intervention: 1998. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 9(2):343-80,
May 1998.
15. Efficacy
of variable-angle screws in transpedicular fixation
Paul M. Arnold, M.D., Robert D. Strang, M.D., and Danielle Roussel, B.S. Section
of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas Medical School, Kansas City , Kansas .
Neurosurg Focus 7(6): Article 1, 1999. (cited)
16. Spinal-pelvic
fixation in patients with lumbosacral neoplasms
RJ Jackson, ZL Gokaslan Department of Neurosurgery, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, Texas. J Neurosurg. , 92(1 Suppl):61-70, January 2000.
(cited)
17. Johnson JP, Lauryssen C, Cambron HO, Pashman
RS, Regan JJ, Anand N, Bray RS: Sagittal
alignment and the Bryan Cervical Artificial Disc. Neurosurgical
Focus 17(6):E14, 2004. 
18. Sasso, Rick C. MD *; Kitchel, Scott H. MD +; Dawson,
Edgar G. MD ++: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Clinical
Trial of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using a Titanium
Cylindrical Threaded Fusion Device. Spine. 29(2):113-121, January
15, 2004.
19. Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Lauryssen
C, Anand N, Regan JJ, Bray RS: The
changing role for neurosurgeons and the treatment spinal deformity.
J Neurosurg Spine 2(3): 233-242, March 2005. 
20. Villavicencio , Alan T.
MD; Burneikiene, Sigita MD; Pashman, Robert MD;
Johnson, J. Patrick MD: Spinal Artificial Disc Replacement:
Cervical Arthroplasty: Part I: History, Design, and Types
of Artificial Discs. Contemporary Neurosurgery. 29(12):1-5,
June 15, 2007 .
21. Villavicencio , Alan T. MD; Burneikiene, Sigita MD; Pashman, Robert
MD; Johnson, J. Patrick MD: Spinal Artificial Disc Replacement:
Cervical Arthroplasty: Part II: Indications, Surgical Technique, and
Complications. Contemporary Neurosurgery. 29(13):1-5, June 30, 2007 22.
Bergey DL, Pashman RS and Johnson JP: Pedicle
subtraction osteotomy for cervical-thoracic kyphosis: a
new approach. Submitted to Spine. 
22. Samudarala S, Bergey DL, Pashman RS and Johnson
JP: Pedicle subtraction osteotomy for cervical-thoracic kyphosis: a new
approach. Submitted to Spine.
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| PUBLICATIONS
IN PREPARATION: |
- R. S. Pashman, MD, K.B. Heithoff, MD, D.S. Bradford,
MD, C. Gundry, MD, Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebrae and
Degenerative Bony Stenosis.
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| NEWSLETTERS: |
- Pashman RS: Scoliosis
and Flatback Syndrome, Backtalk, Volume 19, Number 2, Jun/Jul
1996.

- Pashman RS: Ask
the Doctor, Backtalk, December 1999.

- Pashman RS: Adolescent
Idiopathic Scoliosis, Backtalk, Volume 24, Number 1, April/May
2001.

- Pashman RS: Ask
the Doctor, Backtalk, Volume 25, Number 1, March/April
2002.

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TELEVISION: |
Discovery Health
Channel:
Medical Diary episode # 133 "Shani's Story: Getting Her Sparkle Back" 08/2000
FOX11 News:
"Getting a Second Opinion Online" 10/1999
"Local Doctor Performs Miracle Surgery" 07/2001
Univision Primer Impacto:
"Local Surgeon Performs Life Saving Spine Surgery" 07/2001
Telemundo:
"Miracle Surgery for Ecuador Teen" 07/2001
E! Entertainment:
"25 Celebrity Near Death Experiences" 09/2007
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| INTERNET: |
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| NEWSPAPERS: |
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ABSTRACTS: |
1. Schendel MJ, Dekutoski MB, Pashman
RS, Lewis JL, Wood KB, Ogilvie JW: The Effect of Surgical
Artifact on Canine In Vivo Intervertebral Motion, Accepted, Minnesota
Orthopaedic Society, 1992
2. Schendel MJ, Dekutoski MB, Pashman RS,
R. House, M.D., Wood KB, Ogilvie JW: The Effect of Surgical Artifact
on Canine In Vivo Intervertebral Motion, American Society of
Mechanical Engineering, 1992
3. Pashman RS, Hu SS, Bradford DS, M.J.,
Schendel, MD: Lumbosacral Fixation in Spinal Deformity Surgery:
A Biomechanical Study. International Society for the Study of
the Lumbar Spine 1992.
4. Pashman RS, Hu SS, Bradford DS, Schendel
MJ: Lumbosacral Fixation in Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Biomechanical
Study. Leroy Abbott Society, University of California, San Francisco,
May 1992.
5. Dekutoski MB, Schendel MJ, Pashman RS,
Lewis JL, Wood KB, Ogilvie JW: The Effect of Surgical Artifact
on Canine In Vivo Intervertebral Motion. Orthopaedic Research
Society, February 1993.
6. Schendel MJ, Dekutoski MB, Pashman RS,
Wood KB, Lewis JL, Ogilvie JW, Surgical Artifact in Vivo Models
of Fusion and Adjacent Segment Degeneration. North American Spine
Society, October 1993.
7. Pashman RS, Bray RS: Lumbar Fusion
After Prior Facetectomy: Clinical Results. Scoliosis Research
Society, Submitted March 1994.
8. Pashman RS: Induction
and Maintenance of Lordosis in Multilevel ACDF using Allograft. North
American Spine Society, Seattle Washington, 2001. 
9. Pashman RS, Induction
and Maintenance of Lordosis in Multilevel ACDF using Allograft,
American Association of Neurological Surgeon/Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, February 2002. 
10. Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Regan JR,
Anand N, Rogers C: Management of upper thoracic and cervical-thoracic
junction kyphotic deformities. AANS/CNS Joint Section on the
Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Tampa, FL, March
2003.
11. Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Regan JJ,
Anand N: Management
of cervical-thoracic junction kyphotic deformities. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL, May 2004 
12. Johnson JP , Lauryssen C, Cambron HO, Pashman
RS, Regan JJ, Anand N, Bray RS: Sagittal alignment
of the Bryan Cervical Artificial Disc. American Association
of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans , LA , April 2005.
13. Regan JJ, Miraliakbar H, Johnson JP, Lauryssen
C, Bray R, Pashman RS, Goldstein T: Evaluation of the
Learning Curve Associated with Artificial Disc Replacement: Analysis
from the Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter FDA IDE Study of
the CHARITÉ Artificial Disc. Spine Arthroplasty 5, New
York, New York, May 5, 2005.
14. Wolcott WP, Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Bray RS, Anand
N, Cambron HO: Sagittal alignment of the Bryan cervical artificial disc.
Spine Arthroplasty 5, New York , NY , May 2005 .
15. Siddique K, Vadivelu S, Pashman, RS:
Symptomatic adjacent level disease (ALD) following L5-S1 anterior
lumbar interbody fusion. IMAST Annual meeting, Banff, Canada,
July 2005.
16. Melamed H, Hunt L, Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Wolcott
WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy
for correction of fixed combined coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new
twist on an old technique. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Technologies
(IMAST), Banff , Alberta , Canada , July 2005.
17. Johnson JP , Melamed H, Hunt L, Pashman
RS, Anand N, Wolcott WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction
osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy for correction of fixed
combined coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new twist on an
old technique. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston ,
Massachusetts , October 2005.
18. Pashman RS , Hadden
A, Johnson JP: Differential concave and convex CSF flow in idiopathic
scoliosis. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques,
Athens , Greece , July 2006.
19. Johnson JP , Melamed H, Hunt L, Pashman
RS, Anand N, Wolcott WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction
osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy for correction of fixed
combined coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new twist on an
old technique. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston ,
Massachusetts , October 2005.
20. Johnson JP , Melamed
H, Hunt LA, Pashman RS, Anand N, Wolcott PW:
Asymmetric pedicle subtraction osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy
for correction of fixed combined coronal and sagittal imbalance:
a new twist on an old technique. American Association of Neurological
Surgeons, San Francisco , CA , April 2006.
21. Johnson JP , Chuang S, Hunt LA, Anand N, Pashman
RS, Hedman T: Investigation of injectable Collagen
Crosslinking as an Alternative and Adjunctive Procedure in
Treatment of Spinal Deformity. Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
October 2006.
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| POSTERS: |
1. Johnson JP, Kim
KD, Babbitz J, Pashman RS, Patel NP, Wright NM, Obasi CN,
Park J: Image guided thoracic screw placement. American Association
of Neurological Surgeons, Chicago, IL, April 2002.
2. Johnson JP, Bergey D, Pashman RS: Pedicle
subtraction osteotomy for cervical-thoracic kyphosis. Congress
of Neurological Surgeons, Denver, CO, October 2003.
3. Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Regan JJ, Anand
N, Rogers CD: Management of upper thoracic and cervical-thoracic
junction kyphotic deformities. Congress of Neurological Surgeons,
Denver, CO, October 2003.
4. Johnson JP, Bergey D, Pashman RS: Pedicle
subtraction osteotomy for cervical-thoracic kyphosis. Joint Section
on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, San Diego, CA,
March 2004.
5. Johnson JP, Pashman RS, Regan JJ, Anand
N: Management of cervical-thoracic junction kyphotic deformities.
American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL, May
2004.
6. Johnson JP, Bergey D, Pashman RS: Pedicle
subtraction osteotomy for cervical-thoracic kyphosis. American
Association of Neurological Surgeons, Orlando, FL, May 2004.
7. Johnson JP, Bergey DL, Pashman RS:
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Cervical Thoracic Kyphosis.
Scoliosis Research Society, Argentina, Buenos Aires, September
2004.
8. Johnson JP, Lauryssen C, Cambron HO, Pashman
RS, Regan JJ, Anand N, Bray RS: Sagittal alignment of the
Bryan cervical artificial disc. AANS/CNS Joint Section of the
Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ,
March 2005.
9. Johnson JP, Lauryssen C, Cambron HO, Pashman
RS, Regan JJ, Anand N, Bray RS: Sagittal alignment of the
Bryan Cervical Artificial Disc. American Association of Neurological
Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, April 2005.
10. Wolcott WP, Johnson JP, Pashman RS,
Bray RS, Anand N, Cambron HO: Sagittal alignment of the Bryan
cervical artificial disc. Spine Arthroplasty 5, New York, NY,
May 2005.
11. Melamed H, Hunt L, Johnson JP, Pashman
RS, Wolcott WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction osteotomy
with partial vertebrectomy for correction of fixed combined
coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new twist on an old technique.
International Meeting on Advanced Spine Technologies (IMAST),
Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 2005.
12. Siddique K, Vadivelu S, Pashman, RS:
Symptomatic adjacent level disease (ALD) following L5-S1 anterior
lumbar interbody fusion. IMAST Annual meeting, Banff, Alberta,
Canada, July 2005.
13. Johnson JP, Melamed H, Hunt L, Pashman
RS, Anand N, Wolcott WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction
osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy for correction of fixed
combined coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new twist on an
old technique. Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Boston, Massachusetts,
October 2005.
14. Bergey D.L., Melamed H.M., Pashman RS, Johnson
JP: Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Cervical-Thoracic Kyphosis:
A New Approach. CSRS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA December 2005.
15. Johnson JP, Melamed H, Hunt LA, Pashman
RS, Anand N, Wolcott WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction
osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy for correction of fixed
combined coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new twist on an
old technique. AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine
and Peripheral Nerve, March 15-18, 2006, Orlando, FL.
16. Johnson JP, Melamed H, Hunt LA, Pashman
RS, Anand N, Wolcott WP: Asymmetric pedicle subtraction
osteotomy with partial vertebrectomy for correction of fixed
combined coronal and sagittal imbalance: a new twist on an
old technique. American Association of Neurological Surgeons,
April 22-27, 2006, San Francisco, CA .
17. Pashman RS , Hadden A,
Johnson JP: Differential concave and convex CSF flow in idiopathic
scoliosis. International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques,
Athens, Greece, July 2006.
18. Johnson JP, Chuang S, Hunt L, Anand N, Pashman
RS, Hedman T: Investigation of Injectable Collagen
Crosslinking as an Alternative and Adjunctive Procedure in
the Treatment of Spinal Deformity. Congress of Neurological
Surgeons Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, October 2006.
19. Kim T, Paquette J, Johnson JP, Murphy J, Pashman RS:
The Sagittal Reconstruction Parameters (SRP) Classification System for
the Surgical Treatment of Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis
NASS, San Francisco, CA, November 10-14, 2009. |
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| CHAPTERS: |
1. Bradford DS, Pashman RS,
Hu SS, Day L, Trafton P, Cohen H, Johnston J: Orthopaedics. In:
Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 10th Edition, Way LW
(ed.), Appleton and Lange, Norwalk, CT, 1993.
2. Pashman RS: Current
Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment. In Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity,
10th Edition, Way LW (Ed), Lange Medical Publications, Norwalk,
CT, 1993.
3. Pashman RS: Ankylosing
Spondylitis. In: Moe's Textbook of Scoliosis and Other
Spinal Deformities 3rd Edition, Lonstein JE, Bradford DS, Winter
RB, Ogilvie JW (eds). W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia,
PA, 1994. 
4. Bergey D, Pashman RS, Johnson JP: Ankylosing
Spondylitis: Deformity Correction Surgery. In: Benzel EC
(ed.) Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complication Avoidance, and
Management 2nd Edition, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 2005, pp 931-935.
5. Perri B, Siddique K, Anand N, Pashman RS and Johnson
JP: Charité SBIII Artificial Disc Replacement: Techniques for
Surgical Implantation. Instructional Video in Vaccaro , AR , Baron, EM
Atlas of Spinal Surgery. Elsevier Medical Publishing, Philadelphia .
2007.
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| VIDEO: |
Perri B,
Siddique K, Anand N, Pashman RS, and Johnson
JP. Charité SBIII
Artificial Disc Replacement: Techniques for Surgical Implantation.
Instructional Video in in Vaccaro, AR, Baron, EM Atlas of Spinal Surgery.
Elsevier Medical Publishing, Philadelphia. 2007
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| INVITED
SPEAKER: |
Scoliosis Research Society, 50th
Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN 1991. Lumbosacral Fixation in Spinal
Deformity Surgery: A Biomechanical Study.
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Century City Hospital Public Seminar.
Los Angeles, CA, April 1995. New and Innovative Treatment of Spinal
Conditions.
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Century City Hospital Public Seminar.
Los Angeles, CA, November 1996. Advances in Spinal Surgery; Cage
Technology.
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Medical Education Resources, Inc.
Phoenix, AZ and Memphis, TN, 1997. Open & Minimally Invasive Surgery
of the Lumbar & Thoracic Spine AND History and Evolution of Interbody
Spine Surgery: Anterior & Posterior.
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San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency
Training Program, Research Day. San Francisco, CA, 1997. Threaded
Interbody Fusion Devices: Early Clinical Results.
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SSAF, Spinal Science Advancement
Foundation. Anaheim, CA, 1999. Making Sense of Spinal Instrumentation
Lumbar and Thoracic Trauma and Tumor Disorders.
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Case Managers Society of America
Annual Meeting. Pomona, CA, November 2000. Pitfalls in the Treatment
of Lumbar Fusion. Meeting of the Americas II, Combined with North
American Spine Society. New York, NY, April 2002. ASF/PSF Improves
Lumbar Sagittal Alignment in Multilevel Fusions for Adult Isthmic
Spondylolisthesis
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Century City Hospital Public Seminar.
Los Angels, CA, October 1992. Lower Back Pain: Causes and Treatment.
Spine Care Practitioner Seminar. Los Angeles, CA, November 1992.
Idiopathic Scoliosis.
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Century City Hospital
Public Seminar, Los Angels, CA, April 1993. Detecting Scoliosis
and Treatment. Century City Hospital Public Seminar, Los Angels,
CA, June 1994. Detecting Scoliosis and Treatment.
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Simi Valley Scoliosis Group Public
Seminar. Simi Valley, CA, September 1994. Surgical Treatment of
Scoliosis.
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Meeting of the Americas II, Combined
with North American Spine Society. New York, New York, April, 2002.
ASF/PSF Improves Lumbar Sagittal Alignment in Multilevel Fusions
for Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis.
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Anatomy of Spine, Detecting Scoliosis,
Treatment Options. Los Angeles, CA, April 2003. Scoliosis Conference,
Los Angeles Unified School District, Registered Nurses.
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Advanced Spinal Techniques: Hands
On Workshop. Chicago, IL, July 2003. Posterior Cervical-Thoracic
Fixation Options.
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World Spine II: Combined with
North American Spine Society. Chicago, IL, August 2003. Induction
and Maintenance of Lordosis in Multilevel ACDF using Allograft.
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International Meeting on Advanced
Spine Techniques (IMAST). Bermuda, October 2004. Pedicle Subtraction
Osteotomy for Cervical Thoracic Kyphosis.
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Neurological Diseases, Medical & Surgical
Options. San Diego, CA, February 2005. Contemporary Management
of Lumbar Spine Disorders.
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The Evolution of Scoliosis Surgery,
Las Vegas , NV , January 31, 2008 . Las Vegas Scoliosis Association
Support Group meeting.
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| COURSE
CHAIRMAN/MODERATOR : |
Program Chairman, The Scoliosis Association,
Inc., Los Angeles, CA, November 2001.
Surgical Decision Making in Scoliosis
Treatment of Adult Scoliosis/Sagittal Plan Deformity
Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Surgery Techniques in Adolescent Idiopathic
Scoliosis
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| Course Co-Director, Fifth Annual
Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas ,
NV, February 3-4, 2006 . |
Course Co-Director, Sixth Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal
Disorders, Las Vegas, NV, March 1-3, 2007.
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Course Co-Director, Seventh Annual
Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas ,
NV , January 31-February 2, 2008 .
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Course Co-Director, Eighth Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal
Disorders, Las Vegas , NV , January 28-31, 2009 . |
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| COURSE
FACULTY MEMBER: |
Faculty, Advanced Spinal Techniques:
Hands On Workshop: Occipital Fixation and Cervical Laminaplasty,
Chicago, Illinois, July, 2003.
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Faculty, Cervical-Thoracic Techniques,
TLIF and ALIF Techniques, Advanced Spinal Techniques: Cadaver Workshop,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, August 2003.
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| INTRAMURAL
LECTURES AND CONFERENCES: |
The Bankhart Procedure: The St.
Mary's Hospital Experience. University of California, San Francisco,
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA, October
1986.
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Patellar Resurfacing in Total
Knee Arthroplasty: The Influence of Component Alignment in the
Non-Resurfaced Patella. University of California, San Francisco,
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, San Francisco, CA, October
1989.
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Lumbosacral Fixation in Spinal
Deformity: A Biomechanical Study. University of California, San
Francisco ABC Traveling Fellows. San Francisco, CA May 1992.
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Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Lecture, Los Angeles, CA, September 1996.
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Current Concepts in Cervical Spine
Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery Grand
Rounds, Los Angeles, CA, September 2000.
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Spinal Deformities in Children.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds,
Los Angeles, CA, September 2000.
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Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis:
Is Sagittal Re-Alignment Necessary? Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 1st Annual Symposium on
Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Palm Springs, CA, February
2002.
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Adult Spinal Deformities. Cedars-Sinai
Institute for Spinal Disorders Back Pain Conference (Community
Lecture), Los Angeles, CA, May 2002.
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Pros and Cons for Lumbar Artificial
Disc Replacement. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Surgery
Grand Rounds Lecture, Los Angeles, CA, September 2004.
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Benefits, Outcomes and Complications
of Disc Replacement for Low Back Pain. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 4th Annual Symposium on
Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, February
2005.
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Thoracic Pedicle Screws in Adult
Spinal Deformity. Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders Back
Pain Conference (Community Lecture), Las Vegas, Nevada, February
2005.
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Contemporary Management of Lumbar
Spine Disorders. Neurological Diseases, Medical & Surgical Options,
San Diego, California, February, 2005.
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Benefits, Outcomes, and Complications
of Disc Replacement for Lower Back Pain. Cedars-Sinai Institute
for Spinal Disorders Back Pain Conference (Community Lecture),
Los Angeles, CA, August, 2005.
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Benefits & Outcomes of Disc
Replacement for Neck Pain. Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders
Back Pain Conference (Community Lecture), Las Vegas , NV, February
2006.
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Benefits, Outcomes and Complications
of Disc Replacement for Low Back Pain. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
, Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 4 th Annual Symposium
on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Lake Las Vegas , Nevada
, February 2006.
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Thoracic Pedicle Screws in Adult
Spinal Deformity. Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders Back
Pain Conference (Community Lecture), Las Vegas , Nevada , February
2006.
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Contemporary Management of Lumbar
Spine Disorders. Neurological Diseases, Medical & Surgical
Options, San Diego , California , February, 2006.
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Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement,
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders Back Pain Conference
(Community Lecture), Las Vegas , NV, March 2007.
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L5-S1 Is TDR Better than Fusion?
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored
6 th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders,
Las Vegas , Nevada , March, 2007.
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The Treatment of High Grade Spondylolisthesis.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored
6 th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders,
Las Vegas , Nevada , March, 2007.
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Moderator : Cervical TDR Clinical
Data. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders
sponsored 6 th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders,
Lake Las Vegas , Nevada , March 2007.
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The Bryan Artificial Disc. Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 6 th
Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas
, Nevada , March, 2007.
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L5-S1 - Fusion Better Than TDR
. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders
sponsored 7 th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders,
Las Vegas , Nevada , February, 2008.
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The Bryan Disc . Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 7 th
Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas
, Nevada , February, 2008.
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Cervical ADR is Best Suited for
Single Level Disease . Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute
for Spinal Disorders sponsored 7 th Annual Symposium on Current
Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas , Nevada , February, 2008.
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MODERATOR : Cervical ADR Debates:
Reality & Controversy. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute
for Spinal Disorders sponsored 7 th Annual Symposium on Current
Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Lake Las Vegas , Nevada , February
2008.
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Osteotomies for Fixed Adult Idiopathic
Scoliosis . Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute for Spinal
Disorders sponsored 7 th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in
Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas , Nevada , February, 2008.
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Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders Back Pain Conference
(Community Lecture), Las Vegas , NV, March 2008.
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Surgery of the Unfused Compensatory
Thoracolumbar Curve in Adult Scoliosis. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
, Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 8 th Annual Symposium
on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas , Nevada , January,
2009.
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L5-S1 - TDR Has No Benefit. Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center , Institute for Spinal Disorders sponsored 8 th
Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas
, Nevada , January, 2009.
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Cervical ADR is Best Suited for
Single Level Disease. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , Institute for
Spinal Disorders sponsored 8 th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts
in Spinal Disorders, Las Vegas , Nevada , January, 2009.
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